Paper-rack



W. MGGIBRIGHTMAN.

PAPER RACK.

(No Model.)

No. 575,590. Patented Jan. 19, 1897.

UNITE TATES VILLIAM MCCLELLAN BRIGHTMAN, OF CORRY, PENNSYLVANIA.

PAPER-RAG K.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 575,590, dated JanuaryI9, 1897. Application filed January 8, 1896. Serial No- 5'74=,703. (N0model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, WILLIAM MOCLELLAN BRIGHTMAN, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing in Corry, in the county of Erie and State ofPennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Paper-Rack, of which thefollowing is a specification.

The invention pertains to letter-racks, and is designed to afford aninexpensive, simple, and convenient support for letters and otherpapers, the same being so constructed as to stand alone upon a desk ortable.

The invention consists in the novel features of construction hereinfterfully described and claimed, and illustrated by the accompanyingdrawings, in which Figure 1 is a perspective view of the letterrack.Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the same. Fig. 3 is an enlargedperspective view of a detached portion of a'rack, showing the manner ofsecuring the wire supports to the rackframe.

A designates the rectangular upright portion of the frame, which isformed of a single piece of. wire, the two upright posts of the framebeing bent outward at right angles at their lower ends and curved inwardand backward toward the vertical line of the uprights, whereby the baseor foot B is formed.

A series of wire supports 0 are arranged in vertical succession uponframe A, said supports projecting obliquely from frame A and from thesides thereof adjacent foot B, whereby when letters or other papers arerested thereon their weight will be brought over or thrown upon saidfoot and the rack will retain its upright position.

Each of the oblique wire supports 0 has its endsturned vertically, asindicated at D,while the terminals of said upturned portions are twistedabout the lower ends of upturned portions D of the holder next above andsecure the same to standards A. By this means each support is held inplace by the support beneath it and in turn binds the supportimmediately above it in the manner indicated.

A wire F extends transverse the frame, and at its terminals is twistedabout the upturned portions of the lowermost support and uprights A forthe purpose of securing said low- 'ermost support in place.

The terminals of the upturned portions D of the uppermost support aretwisted about the top horizontal bar A of the main frame, as indicatedat H.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

1. The combination of two uprights, lettersupporting devices formed ofwire and projecting laterally from the uprights, each device having itsends turned upward in line with the uprights, with the terminals of saidupturned portions twisted about the angles formed by the lower ends ofthe upturned portions of the supporting device next above it, therebysecuring the said next device to the uprights, substantially as shownand described.

2. The combination of the uprights, the wire letter-supports arranged inparallel lines but extending outward obliquely from the uprights, eachdevice having its ends turned upward in line with the uprights andtwisted at its extremities to secure the upturned portion of the devicenext above to the uprights, and a transverse wire at the base of thesupports, said wire being twisted at its ends to secure the lowermostsupport to the uprights, substantially as shown and described.

3. In a rack, the combination of two uprights, wire supporting devicesprojected from the uprights, each device having its ends turned toextend parallel with the uprights, the terminals of said upturnedportions uniting the uprights and the upturned portions of the devicenext adjacent, substantially as shown and described.

WILLIAM MCCLELLAN BRIGHTilIAN.

Witnesses:

JONATHAN STRICKLAND WHITELEY, ELBRIDGE G. ELLIs.

